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VITAE

NANCY J. BROWN-PETERSON

ADDRESS & TELEPHONE

Department of Coastal Sciences

College of Science and Technology

The University of Southern Mississippi

703 East Beach Dr.

Ocean Springs, MS 39564

Voice: 228-872-4288; Fax: 228-872-4204; Cell: 228-217-8731

email: [email protected]

EDUCATION

B.A. 1978 University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Major: Biological Sciences; Degree with Distinction

Thesis: Cortisol and glucose rhythms in Fundulus heteroclitus and Carassius

auratus. Advisor: Malcolm H. Taylor.

M.A. 1981 College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science,

Gloucester Point, VA

Major: Marine Science; Emphasis: Fish Biology

Thesis: Reproductive biology and recreational fishery for spotted seatrout,

Cynoscion nebulosus, in the Chesapeake Bay area. Advisor: John V. Merriner.

EXPERIENCE

Research Associate. July 1999 - present. Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern

Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS 39566-7000. Supervisors: Dr. William E. Hawkins,

Dr. Marius Brouwer, Dr. Joe Griffitt. Duties: Design, implementation and data

collection and analysis of toxicological laboratory experiments; histological

preparation, examination and analysis of fish and tissue specimens with emphasis on

reproductive biology; fecundity analysis; RNA and DNA isolation, DNA cloning;

experimental design, analysis and presentation of data; writing and presentation of

scientific manuscripts. Supervise graduate and undergraduate students, technical

assistants.

President. October 2010 – Present. EcoFish Consulting, LLC. Ocean Springs, MS. Duties:

President and CFO of environmental consulting firm, histopathological analysis of

fish and invertebrate tissues to evaluate environmental impacts.

Assistant Editor/Co-editor. July 2008 – November 2013; February 2015-present. Gulf Coast

Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi. Duties: Read and edit all

articles accepted for publication in Gulf and Caribbean Research. Proof-read final

proof prior to publication.

Senior Laboratory Technician. February 1995 - June 1999. Department of Coastal Sciences,

University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS 39566-7000. Supervisor:

Dr. William E. Hawkins. Duties: histolopathogical preparation and examination of

fish and tissue specimens, immunohistochemical assays, analysis and presentation of

data. Supervised graduate and undergraduate students, summer technical help.

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Research Assistant I. January 1992 - January 1995. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular

Biology, Mississippi State University, Box 9650, Mississippi State, MS 39762.

Supervisor: Dr. Marvin L. Salin. Duties: maintaining cultures of bacteria, standard

molecular biology DNA isolation techniques, electrophoresis, chromatography,

enzyme assays, protein purifications, writing manuscripts. Supervised 1

undergraduate student.

Research Assistant II. January 1990 - December 1991. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,

Mississippi State University, Box 9690, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Supervisor:

Dr. Donald C. Jackson. Duties: organization and participation in field sampling in

large river and small lake systems, data analysis, GIS mapping, interagency

coordination, report writing, budgeting, presentation of scientific papers. Supervised

2 field personnel.

Remote Sensing Technician. October 1989-January 1990. Mississippi Remote Sensing Center,

Mississippi State University, Box 9681, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Supervisor:

Mr. W. Frank Miller. Duties: Interpretation of vegetation types from aerial

photography, transferring vegetation types from photos to topographical maps,

ground truthing, vegetation mapping using ARC/INFO software.

Environmental Specialist II. September 1987-September 1989. Florida Department of

Environmental Protection, 4842 South U.S. 1, Ft. Pierce, FL 34982. Supervisor: Mr.

Kalani Cairns. Duties: data collection for and creation of a three county spoil island

management plan, development of computer-generated vegetation maps, monthly

budgeting of project, scientific presentations for professional and popular audiences.

Supervised 2 field personnel.

Research Assistant. June 1987-August 1987. Department of Biological Sciences, University of

Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5153. Supervisor: Dr. B.L.

Middlebrooks. Duties: enzyme immunoassays, affinity chromatography, tissue

culture, hybridoma production. Supervised 4 graduate students.

Laboratory Technician. July 1986-June 1987. Innovative Technology Inc., S.S. Box 10072,

Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0072. Supervisor: Dr. B.L. Middlebrooks. Duties: tissue

culture, hybridoma production, enzyme immunoassays, bacteriology, electrophoresis,

report and manuscript writing. Supervised 6 graduate students.

Scientific Research Assistant. February 1982-June 1986. The University of Texas at Austin,

Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX 78373. Supervisor: Dr. Peter Thomas.

Duties: organization and participation in field sampling, reproductive histology,

fecundity determinations, age-growth analysis, development of radioimmuno assays

for steroid hormones, report and manuscript writing, scientific data presentation.

Supervised 3 field personnel.

Graduate Research Assistant. August 1980-April 1981. Virginia Institute of Marine Science,

Gloucester Point, VA 23062. Supervisor: Mr. Frank Wojick. Duties: identifying,

weighing and measuring fish and crustaceans during monthly trawl samples, taking

water samples.


Graduate Research Assistant. September 1978-January 1980. Virginia Institute of Marine Science,

Gloucester Point, VA 23062. Supervisor: Mr. Clarence Richards. Duties: coding

data, writing and running computer programs. Supervised 2 CETA employees.

Laboratory Technician. May-July 1978. School of Life and Health Sciences, University of

Delaware, Newark, DE 19711. Supervisor: Dr. Malcolm Taylor. Duties: Collecting

fish eggs in marshes, radioimmunoassay of steroid hormones.

Teaching Assistant. January-May 1978. School of Life and Health Sciences, University of

Delaware, Newark, DE 19711. Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Skopik. Duties: lab lectures,

quizzes, preparing lab practical for introductory biology course.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Graduate Faculty – status 2, University of Southern Mississippi

Committee member (2 PhD and 6 MS students); University of Southern Mississippi, Nova

Southeast University

Instructor, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CICIMAR Research Laboratory, La Paz, Mexico; Short

Course: Design, Analysis, and Interpretation of Ecological Metrics for Fishes, with emphasis on

Fish reproduction, February 2014.

Instructor, Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi

COA 690. Special Topics: Techniques in Reproductive Histology

Fall 2015

COA 692. Special Problems: Histological Techniques in Fish Reproduction

Fall 2008, Spring 2009

COA/BIOL 490. Special Topics: Histological Techniques

Summers 2003, 2004, 2005

Instructor, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Mexico, Iztacala Campus, Tlalnepantla,

Mexico; Short Course: Biología Reproductiva en Peces Marinos, Fall 2002

PUBLICATIONS

Fogg, A.Q., N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2015. Northern Gulf of Mexico lionfish:

insights into their reproductive life history. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries

Institute 67: in press.

Ahrabi-Nejad, S.M., D.W. Kerstetter, N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. Blackwelder and D.A. Renegar.

2015. Reproductive parameters of two coastal pelagic fishes off Southeast Florida: blackfin

tuna, Thunnus atlanticus, and little tunny, Euthynnus alletteratus. Proceedings of the Gulf

and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 67: in press.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, D.M. Gibson and C. Marshall. 2014. Aspects of the reproductive

biology of Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus albacares, in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 66:509-510.

Fogg, A.Q., M.S. Peterson and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2014. Northern Gulf of Mexico lionfish:

distribution and reproductive life history trajectories. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean

Fisheries Institute 66:206-207.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., R.A. Brewton, R.J. Griffitt and R.S. Fulford. 2014. Impacts of the

Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the reproductive biology of Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion

nebulosus). Pages 231-246 in B.A. Alford, M.S. Peterson and C. Green, eds. Impacts of Oil


Spill Disasters on Marine Fisheries in North America. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Fulford, R.S., R.J. Griffitt, N.J. Brown-Peterson, H. Perry and G. Sanchez-Rubio. 2014. Impacts of

the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, larval settlement in

Mississippi. Pages 247-261 in B.A. Alford, M.S. Peterson and C. Green, eds. Impacts of Oil

Spill Disasters on Marine Fisheries in North America. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Clardy, S.D., N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson and R.T. Leaf. 2014. Age, growth and

reproduction of the Southern Kingfish, Menticirrhus americanus: multivariate comparison

to life history patterns in other sciaenids. Fishery Bulletin 112:178-197.

Flinders, C.A., W.R. Streblow, R.E. Philbeck, D.L. Cook, D.E. Campbell, N.J. Brown-Peterson and

T.S. Gross. 2014. Fathead Minnow response to broad-range exposure of β-sitosterol

concentrations during life cycle testing. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: 33:458-

467.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., C.S. Manning, M. Brouwer and R.G. Griffitt. 2013. The effects of pyrene

exposure on Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegates) reproduction. Journal of

Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 76:842-852.

Bardon-Albaret, A., N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.T. Lemus, A. Apeitos and E.A. Saillant. 2013. A

histological study of gametogenesis in captive red snapper Lutjanus campechanus.

Aquaculture Research, 108. doi:10.1111/are.12244.

Brown-Peterson, N.J. and J.R. Hendon. 2013. Notes on the biology of invasive lionfish (Pterois

spp). from the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 25: 117-120.

Stoner, A.W., K.M. Mueller, N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.H. Davis and C.J. Booker. 2012. Maturation

and age in queen conch (Strombus gigas): urgent need for changes in harvest criteria.

Fisheries Research 131-133:76-84.

Saillant, E.A., E. Leclercq, A. Bardon-Albaret, B. Sarkisian, A. Apeitos, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.T.

Lemus, A. Buentello, C. Pohlenz, and D.M. Gatlin. 2012. Development of aquaculture of the

Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus: Research on larval nutrition. Proceedings of the Gulf

and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 65: 352-356.

Lowe, M.R, W. Wu, M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson, W.T. Slack and P.J. Schoefield. 2012.

Survival, growth and reproduction of nonindigenous Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). II.

Fundamental niche projections in the northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE 7(7): e41580.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041580.

Lang, E.T, N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson and W.T. Slack. 2012. Seasonally and tidally-driven

reproductive patterns in the saltmarsh topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Evermanm 1892).

Copeia 2012(3):451-459.

Stein, W. III, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.S. Franks and M.T. O’Connell. 2012. Evidence of spawning

capable tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) off the Louisiana coast. Gulf and Caribbean Research

24:75-76.

K. D. Simon, Y. Bakar, A. G. Mazlan, C. C. Zaidi, A. Samat, A. Arshad, S. E. Temple and N. J.

Brown-Peterson. 2012. Aspects of the reproductive biology of two archer fishes Toxotes

chatareus, (Hamilton 1822) and Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas 1767). Environmental Biology of

Fish 93: 491-503.


Griffitt, R.J., N.J. Brown-Peterson, D.A. Savin, C.S. Manning, I. Boube, R.A. Ryan and M.

Brouwer. 2012. Effects of chronic nanoparticulate silver exposure to adult and juvenile

sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

31:160-167. Doi:10.1002/etc.709.

Kadison, E., R. Nemeth, N. Brown-Peterson, J. Blondeau, T. Smith and J. Calnan. 2011. Yellowfin

grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa): reproductive biology, behavior and conservation of a

large Caribbean grouper. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 63: 157-

160.

Schofield, P.J. M.S. Peterson, M.R. Lowe, N.J. Brown-Peterson and W.T. Slack. 2011. Survival,

growth and reproduction of nonindigenous Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus [Linnaeus

1758]). I. Physiological capabilities in various temperatures and salinities. Marine and

Freshwater Research 62:439-449.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., D.M. Wyanski, F. Saborido-Rey, B.J. Macewicz and S.K. Lowerre-Barbieri.

2011. A standardized terminology for describing reproductive development in fishes.

Marine and Coastal Fisheries 3:52-70.

Lowerre-Barbieri, S.K., N.J. Brown-Peterson, H. Murua, J. Tomkiewicz, D.M. Wyanski and F.

Saborido-Rey. 2011. Emerging issues and methodological advances in fisheries reproductive

biology. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 3:32-51.

Peterson, M.S., N.J. Brown-Peterson, S.E. LeCroy, J.M. Shaw, J.S. Franks and R.W. Heard. 2011.

A 50 year accomplishment in marine science: A history of the journal published by the Gulf

Coast Research Laboratory. Gulf and Caribbean Research 23:1-12.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., C.S Manning, N.D. Denslow and M. Brouwer. 2011. Impacts of cyclic

hypoxia on reproductive and gene expression patterns in the grass shrimp: field vs. laboratory

comparison. Aquatic Sciences-Research Across Boundaries 73: 127-141. Doi:

10.1007/s00027-010-0166-3.

Li, S., A. Pozhitkov, R. Ryan, S. Manning, N. Brown-Peterson and M. Brouwer. 2010. A genome-

wide fish metabolic network model. Genome Biology 11:R115. doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-

11-r115.

Spade, D.J. R.J. Griffitt, L. Liu, N.J. Brown-Peterson, K.J. Kroll, A. Feswick, R.A. Glazer, D.S.

Barber and N.D. Denslow. 2010. Queen conch (Strombus gigas) testis regress during the

reproductive season in the near-shore Florida Keys. PLoS ONE 5(9) e12737. doi:

10.1371.journal.pone.0012737.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., D.M. Wyanski, S.K. Lowerre-Barbieri, F. Saborido-Rey, J. Tomkiewicz and

B.J. Macewicz. 2010. A standardized terminology for describing reproductive development

in fishes. Pages 224-229 in N.J. Brown-Peterson and D.M. Wyanski, editors. Proceedings of

the 4th Workshop on Gonadal Histology of Fishes. El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain.

http://hdl.handle.net/10261/24937.

Heins, D.C. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2010. Influence of the pseudophyllidean cestode

Schistocephalus solidus on oocyte development in threespine stickleback Gasterosteus

aculeatus. Parasitology 137:1151-1158. doi:10.1017/S0031182009992046

Baumberger, R.E. N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.K. Reed and R.G. Gilmore. 2010. Spawning aggregation

http://hdl.handle.net/10261/24937


of Polymixia lowei in a deep-water sinkhole off the Florida Keys. Copeia

2010: 41-46.

Grammer, G.L., N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson and B.H. Comyns. 2009. Life history of silver

perch Bairdella chrysoura (Lacepède, 1803) in north-central Gulf of Mexico estuaries. Gulf

of Mexico Science 27:62-73.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., K.M. Burns and R.M. Overstreet. 2009. Regional differences in Florida red

snapper reproduction. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 61: 149-

155.

Carter, B.J., R.J. Griffitt, N.J. Brown-Peterson, H.R. Hammers and D.S. Barber. 2009. Size matters:

The outer diameter of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) affects gene expression in

female fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Pages 387-390 In M. Loudon and B.

Romanowicz, eds. Nanotech Conference & Expo 2009, Vol 2, Technical Proceedings -

Nanotechnololgy 2009: Life Sciences, Medicine, Diagnostics, Bio Materials and

Composites. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Sun, P., W.E. Hawkins, R.M. Overstreet and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2009. Morphological deformities

as biomarkers in fish from contaminated rivers in Taiwan. International Journal of Research

and Public Health. 6:2307-2331. doi: 10.3390/ijerph6082307

Brown-Peterson, N.J. and D.C. Heins. 2009. Interspawning interval of wild female threespine

stickleback in Alaska. Journal of Fish Biology. 74:2299-2312. doi:10.1111/j.1095-

8649.2009.02237.

Borton, D.L., D.L. Cook, W.K. Bradley, R.E. Philbeck, M.G. Dubé, N.J. Brown-Peterson and W.R.

Streblow. 2009. Responses of fathead minnows (Pimephelas promelas) during life-cycle

exposures to pulp mill effluents at four long-term receiving water study sites. Integrated

Environmental Assessment and Management 5:270–282.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, B.H. Comyns and J.R. McDowell. 2008. Do blue marlin spawn

in the northern Gulf of Mexico? Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute

60:372-378.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., C.S. Manning, V. Patel, N.D. Denslow and M. Brouwer. 2008. Effects of

cyclic hypoxia on gene expression and reproduction in grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio.

Biological Bulletin 214:6-16.

Brouwer, M., N.J. Brown-Peterson, T. Hoexum-Brouwer, S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2008.

Changes in mitochondrial gene and protein expression in grass shrimp, Palaemonetes

pugio, exposed to chronic hypoxia. Marine Environmental Research 66:143-145.

Kroll, K.J., R.A. Glazer, G.A. Delgado, D. Barber, P.D. McLellan-Green, N.J. Brown-Peterson and

N.D. Denslow. 2008. Multiple stressors resulting in reproductive failure of queen conch

(Strombus gigas) in the Florida Keys. Marine Environmental Research 66:52-53.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, M.S. Peterson, P. McConney and B. Luckhurst. 2007. Where Do

We Go From Here? A Summary of Issues of Concern and Recommendations developed

during the Panel Discussion of the Large Pelagic Fishes Symposium. Gulf and Caribbean

Research 19(2): 161-162.

Peterson, M.S., N.J. Brown-Peterson and J.S. Franks. 2007. Editorial Comments. Large Pelagic


Fishes in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico: Current Status and Integrated

Management. Gulf and Caribbean Research 19(2): 1-2.

Abarca-Arenas, L., J. Franco-Lopez, M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson and V. Valero-Pacheco.

2007. Sociometric analysis of the role of penaeids in the continental shelf food web off

Alvarado coast, Veracruz, based on by-catch. Fisheries Research 87:46-57.

Brouwer, M., N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. Larkin, V. Patel, N. Denslow, S. Manning and T. Hoexum

Brouwer. 2007. Molecular and whole animal responses of grass shrimp, Palaemonetes

pugio, exposed to chronic hypoxia. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

341:16-31.

Waggy, G.L, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2006. Evaluation of the reproductive life

history of the Sciaenidae in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea: “Greater” versus

“lesser” patterns? Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 57: 263-282.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., P. Larkin, N. Denslow, C. King, S. Manning and M. Brouwer. 2005.

Molecular indicators of hypoxia in blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Marine Ecology Progress

Series 288:203-215.

Peterson, M.S. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2005. Special section on research activities at the Iztacala

campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México. Gulf and Caribbean

Research 17(1):121.

Morán-Silva, A., L.A. Martínez-Franco, R. Chávez-López, J. Franc- López, C.M. Bedia-Sánchez, F.

Contreras-Espinosa, F. Gutiérrez-Mendieta, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2005.

Seasonal patterns in hydrology, nutrients and chlorophyll a in the Alvarado lagoonal system,

Veracruz, Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 17(1):133-144.

Chávez-López, R., M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson, Morales-Gómez, A.A. and J. Franco-

López. 2005. Ecology of the Mayan cichlid, Cichlasoma urophthalmus Günther, in the

Alvarado lagoonal system, Veracruz, Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean research 17(1):123-132.

Pelaez-Rodríguez, E., J. Franco-López, W.A. Matamoros, R. Chavez-López and N.J. Brown-

Peterson. 2005. Trophic relationships of demersal fishes in the shrimping zone off Alvarado

LAgoon, Veracruz, Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 17 (1):157-168.

Brouwer, M., N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. Larkin, S. Manning, N. Denslow and K. Rose. 2005.

Molecular indicators and organismal effects of chronic and intermittent hypoxia in marine

crustacean. Pp. 267-276 In Estuarine Indicators. (S. Bortone, Ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton,

FL.

Peterson, M.S., W.T. Slack, N.J. Brown-Peterson and J.L. McDonald. 2004. Reproduction in

nonnative environments: establishment of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, in coastal

Mississippi watersheds. Copeia 2004:842-849.

Marure-Miranda, M.E., J.A. Martínez-Peréz and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2004. Reproductive biology

of the opossum pipefish, Microphis brachyurus lineatus, in Tecolutla estuary, Veracruz,

Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:101-108.

Hernandez-Saavedra, R., J.A. Martínez-Peréz, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2004.

Gonadal development and sexual dimorphism of Gobiomorus dormitor from the estuarine

system of Tecolutla, Veracruz. Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:95-100.


Peterson, M.S. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2004. Introduction of special section on research

activities at the Iztacala campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,

Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:77-78.

Delgado, G.A., C.T. Bartels, R.A. Glazer, N. J. Brown-Peterson and K.J. McCarthy. 2004.

Translocation as a strategy to rehabilitate the queen conch (Strombus gigas) population in the

Florida Keys. Fishery Bulletin 102:278-288.

Brouwer, M., P. Larkin, N.J. Brown-Peterson, C. King, S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2004. Effects

of hypoxia on gene and protein expression in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Marine

Environmental Research 58:787-792

Brouwer, M., T. Hoexum Brouwer, W. Grater and N. Brown-Peterson. 2003. Replacement of a

cytosolic copper/zinc superoxide dismutase by a novel cytololic manganese superoxide

dismutase in crustaceans that use copper (haemocyanin) for oxygen transport. Biochemical

Journal 374:219-228.

Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2003. The reproductive biology of spotted seatrout. Pp. 99-133 In The

Biology of Seatrout (S. Bortone, Ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., H.J. Grier and R.M. Overstreet. 2002. Annual changes in the germinal

epithelium determine male reproductive classes of cobia, Rachycentron canadum. Journal of

Fish Biology 60: 178-202.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., M.S. Peterson, D.L. Nieland, M.D. Murphy, R.G. Taylor and J.R. Warren.

2002. Reproductive biology of female spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in the Gulf of

Mexico: differences among estuaries? Environmental Biology of Fishes 63:405-415.

Franks, J.S. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2002. A review: age, growth and reproduction of cobia,

Rachycentron canadum, from U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico and south Atlantic Ocean.


Brown-Peterson, N.J. and J.W. Warren. 2001. The reproductive biology of spotted seatrout,

Cynoscion nebulosus, along the Mississippi Gulf coast. Gulf of Mexico Science 2001:61-73.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., R.M. Overstreet, J.M. Lotz, J.S. Franks and K.M. Burns. 2001.

Reproductive biology of cobia, Rachycentron canadum, from coastal waters of the southern

United States. Fishery Bulletin 99:15-28.

Brown-Peterson, N.J. and J.S. Franks. 2001. Aspects of the reproductive biology of tripletail,

Lobotes surinamensis, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Gulf and

Caribbean Fisheries Institute 52:586-597.

Franks, J.S., J.L. Shea, N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Griggs and K.M. Larsen. 2001. Attempts to

enhance the contrast of presumed growth marks on sagittal otoliths from wahoo,

Acanthocybium solandri, from the northern Gulf of Mexico and Bimini, Bahamas.


Brown-Peterson, N. J., J.S. Franks and A.M. Burke. 2000. Preliminary observations on the

reproductive biology of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northern Gulf of Mexico

and Bimini, Bahamas. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 51:414-427.

Franks, J.S. N. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Griggs. 2000. Potential of the first dorsal spine for


estimating the age of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northern Gulf of Mexico,

with comments on specimens from Bimini, Bahamas. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean

Fisheries Institute 51:428-440.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., R.M. Krol, Y. Zhu and W.E. Hawkins. 1999. N-nitrosodiethylamine

initiation of carcinogenesis in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes): hepatocellular

proliferation, toxicity and neoplastic lesions resulting from short term, low level exposure.

Toxicological Sciences: 50:186-194.

Sun, P.L., N.J. Brown-Peterson, W.E. Hawkins, R.M. Overstreet, R.M. Krol, S.H. Tsaio and Y.

Zhu. 1998. Morphological and histological abnormalities in tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) from

two contaminated rivers in southern Taiwan. Environmental Sciences 6:129-152.

Franks, J.S., N.J. Brown-Peterson, D.P. Wilson, R.J. Russell and J.K Welker. 1998. Occurrence of

a synchronous hermaphroditic striped mullet, Mugil cephalus, from the northern Gulf of

Mexico. Gulf Research Reports 10:33-39.

Jackson, D.J. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1995. Habitat, accessibility and watershed variables as

they relate to largemouth bass and bluegill in Mississippi’s National Forest impoundments.

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern. Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies 49:26-36.

Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin. 1995. Purification and characterization of a mesohalic

catalase from the halophilic bacterium Halobacterium halobium. Journal of Bacteriology

177(2):378-384.

Salin, M.L. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1995. Purification of superoxide dismutase and a catalase-

peroxidase in a high salt environment. In Archaea: A Laboratory Manual, F.T. Robb, A.R.

Place, L.R. Sowers, H.J. Schreler, S. Das Sarma and E.M. Fleischman, eds. Pp. 101-105,

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Plainview, N.Y.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., G.B. Begonia and M.L. Salin. 1995. Alterations in oxidative activity and

superoxide dismutase in Halobacterium halobium in response to aerobic respiratory

inhibitors. Free Radaidcals in Biology and Medicine 18(2):249-256.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., H. Chen and M.L. Salin. 1994. Enhanced superoxide production by

membrane vesicles from Halobacterium halobium in a hyposaline enviroment. Biochemistry

and Biophysical Research Communications 205:1736-1740.

Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin. 1994. Salt stress in a halophilic bacterium: alterations in

oxidative metabolism and oxy-intermediate scavenging systems. Canadian Journal of

Microbiology 40:1057-1063.

Jackson, D.C., N.J. Brown-Peterson and T.D. Rhine. 1993. Perspectives for rivers and their fishery

resources in the upper Yazoo River basin, Mississippi. pp. 255-265 in Rivers of the

Mississippi River Ecosystem, L.W. Herse, C.B. Stalmakia, N.G. Bensdon and J.R. Zuboy,

eds. Biological Report 19, Natl. Biol. Surv., U.S. Dept. Interior, Washington, D.C.

Salin, M.L. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1993. Dealing with active oxygen intermediates: A

halophilic perspective. Experientia 49:523-530.

Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin. 1993. Purification of a catalase-peroxidase from

Halobacterium halobium: characterization of some unique properties of the halophilic


enzyme. Journal of Bacteriology 175:14197-14202.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., M.S. Peterson, D.A. Rydene and R.W.Eames. 1993. Fish assemblages in

natural versus well-established recolonized seagrass meadows. Estuaries 16:177-189.

Peterson, M.S. and N. Brown-Peterson. 1992. Growth under stressed conditions in juvenile

channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) as measured by nucleic acids. Comparative

Biochemistry and Physiology 103A:323-327.

Brown-Peterson, N. and R.W. Eames. 1990. Ichthyofauna associated with spoil islands in the

Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Florida Scientist 53:226-238.

Brown-Peterson, N. and M.S. Peterson. 1990. Comparative life history of female mosquitofish,

Gambusia affinis, in tidal freshwater and oligohaline habitats. Environmental Biology of

Fish, Vol. 27 (1): 33-41.

Brown-Peterson, N. and P. Thomas. 1988. Differing reproductive characteristics of temperate and

subtropical groups of Cynoscion nebulosus. Contributions in Marine Science, supplement to

Vol. 30:71-78.

Brown-Peterson, N.J., P. Thomas and C. R. Arnold. 1988. Reproductive biology of spotted

seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in south Texas. U.S. Fishery Bulletin 86:373-388.

Middlebrooks, B.L., N.J. Brown-Peterson, P.M. Toom and W.L.Douglas. 1988. Evaluation of

specific binding affinity and biochemical properties of fish eye-lens reagents from seven

teleost species. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 90B:721-729.

Thomas, P., N.J. Brown and J.M. Trant. 1987. Plasma levels of gonadal steroids during the

reproductive cycle of female spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus. Proceedings of 3rd

International Symposium of Reproductive Physiology of Fish, St. Johns, Newfoundland,

Canada, 26 August 1987. D.R. Idler, L.W. Crim and J.M. Walsh. (eds). PUDOC, St. Johns.

p.105.

Thomas, P., N.J. Brown and C.R. Arnold. 1982. Seasonal variations of plasma androgens and

gonad histology in male spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus (Family: Sciaenidae).

Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on reproductive Physiology of Fish,

Wageningen, The Netherlands, 26 August 1982. C.J.J. Richter and H.J.Th. Goos (Comp.)

PUDOC, Wageningen. p. 111

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks and B.H. Comyns. 2007. Reproductive patterns of tournament-

captured female blue marlin from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst.

58:491. (Presented at the 58th annual meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute,

November 2005).

Peterson, M.S., N.J. Brown-Peterson, A.A. Morales-Gomez, R. Chavez-Lopez and J. Franco-Lopez.

2006. Habitat use, feeding and reproduction of the Mayan cichlid, Cichlisoma urophthalmus

Gunther, in the Alvarado Lagoonal system, Veracruz, Mexico. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst.

57:1028. (Presented at the 57th annual meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute,

November 2004).

Brown-Peterson, N.J., M.S. Peterson and J. Franco-Lopez. 2005. Getting the word out: English


language publication of undergraduate student research in Latin America. Proc. Gulf Carib.

Fish. Inst. 56: 819-820. (Presented at the 56th annual meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean

Fisheries Institute, November 2003).

Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, B. H. Comyns, L. A. Hendon, E.R. Hoffmayer, J.R. Hendon and

R.S. Waller. 2004. Aspects of the reproduction of large pelagic fishes in the northern Gulf

of Mexico. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 55:1016-1017. (Presented at the 55th annual meeting

of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2002).

Chiluiza, D., R.M. Krol, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.T. Ogle W.E. Hawkins. 2002. Ontogeny of cultured

larvae of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus with emphasis on development of the digestive

system. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 47:63. (Presented at the 66th

annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Science, February 2002).

Brown-Peterson, N.J. and W.E. Hawkins. 1998. Cell proliferation in elasmobranch and bony fish

tissues. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 43:22. (Presented at the 62nd

annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Science, February 1998.)

Brown-Peterson, N.J. and W.E. Hawkins. 1997. Cell proliferation and carcinogenesis following

short-term exposure of diethylnitrosamine in a small fish species. Journal of the Mississippi

Academy of Sciences 42:19. (Presented at the 61st annual meeting of the Mississippi

Academy of Science, February 1997.)

Brown-Peterson, N.J., W.E. Hawkins and R.M. Overstreet. 1997. Assessment of histopathological

biomarkers in blacktip sharks from the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of the Mississippi

Academy of Sciences 42:59. (Presented at 61st annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy

of Science, February 1997.)

Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin. 1995. Purification and characterization of a mesohalic

catalase from Halobacterium halobium. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences

40:43. (Presented at 59th annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Science, February

1995.)

Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin. 1994. Effects of aerobic respiratory inhibitors on superoxide

dismutase and oxidative activity in Halobacterium halobium. Journal of the Missisisppi

Academy of Science 39:37 (Presented at 58th annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of

Science, February 1994)

Butler, T.C., N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.L. Salin. 1994. Alterations of oxidative metabolism by

salt stress in Halobacterium halobium. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Science 39:37.

(Presented at the 58th annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Science, February

1994.)

Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin. 1993. Purification and characterization of a catalase-

peroxidase from Halobacterium halobium. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Science

38:31. (Presented at the 57th annual meeting of the Mississppi Academy of Science,

February 1993.)

Thomas, P., N.J. Brown and C.R. Arnold. 1984. Annual and diurnal rhythms of circulating gonadal

steroids in wild-caught mature female spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus). American

Zoologist 24:69A. (Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Zoologists,

December 1984.)


Brown, N.J., P. Thomas and C.R. Arnold. 1983. Different life history strategies of the spotted

seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus in a Texas and a Virginia estuary. Estuaries 6:260. (Presented

at the 7th biennial conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, October 1983.)

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Brown-Peterson, N.J., J.S. Franks, B.H. Comyns and J.R. McDowell. 2008. Reproductive biology,

potential spawning and nursery areas and larval identification of blue marlin, Makaira

nigricans, in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. In: Proceedings from the Atlantic Billfish

Research Program Symposium, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, GSMFC No.

158: 92-133.

Glazer, R., N. Denslow, N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. McClellan-Green, D. Barber, N. Szabo, G.

Delgado, K. Kroll, I. Knoebl and D. Spade. 2008. Anthropogenic effects on queen conch

reproductive development in south Florida. Final Report, EPA grant X7974799-03.

Burns, K.M., N.J. Brown-Peterson and R.M. Overstreet, J. Gannon, P. Simmons, C. Weaver and J.

Sprinkle. 2008. Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Current Minimum Size Regulation for

Selected Reef Fish Based on Release Mortality and Fish Physiology. Final Report

NOAA/NMFS MARFIN Grant # NA17FF2010.

Burns, K.M., N.J. Brown-Peterson, R.M. Overstreet, J.G. Gannon, J.M. Sprinkel, B.D. Robbins, and

C.A. Weaver. 2006. Geographic comparison of age, growth, reproduction, movement, and

survival of red snapper off the state of Florida. Final Report, NOAA/NMFS MARFIN

Grant # NA17FF288. Burns, K.M., B.D. Robbins, N.J. Brown-Peterson and D.R. Gregory, Jr. 2006. Combining a

partnership among researchers, commercial, recreational, and recreational for-hire fishers

with a cooperative tagging program to elucidate the life history and habitat utilization of

select reef fish and coastal pelagic species in the Florida Keys. Final Report,

NMFS/NOAA, CRP grant NA04NMF4540208.

Hawkins, W.E. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1997. Modification of diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-

initiated carcinogenesis in medaka (Oryzias latipes) by test compounds. Project completion

report, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO.

Jackson, D.C., T.D. Rhine and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1992. Riverine fisheries resources

assessments in the Upper Yazoo River Basin. Annual Report, Federal Aid Project F-94-2.

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Jackson, MS.

Jackson, D.C. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1991. Factors influencing stock structure of principal

sport fishes in impoundments located on national forests in Mississippi. Project completion

report, USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, Oxford, MS.

Jackson, D.C. and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 1991. Riverine fisheries resource assessments in the

Upper Yazoo River Basin. Annual Report, Federal Aid Project F-94-1. Mississippi

Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Jackson, MS.

Florida Department of Natural Resources. 1990. Indian River Lagoon Spoil Island Management

Plan. Brown-Peterson, N.J., R.W. Eames and G. Burzycki, editors. Florida Department of

Natural Resources, Tallahassee.

GRANTS


National Marine Fisheries Service, CRP Cooperative Research Program, September 2014-August

2015. $101,286 for “Characterization of Reproductive Biology and Somatic Relationships of Gulf

Menhaden through an Academic, Government, and Industry Partnership” (PI, with Robert Leaf).

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, July 2012-June 2015. $546,845 for “Studies of reproductive

biology, feeding ecology and conservation genetics of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacores) in the

northern Gulf of Mexico” (Co-PI, with J. Franks and E. Salliant).

Northern Gulf Institute, March 2011- February 2012. $83,481 for “Impacts of the Deepwater

Horizon Oil Spill on the Health and Growth of Estuarine Fish and Ecosystem Functionality” (Co-PI,

with R. Fulford and R. Griffitt).

National Marine Fisheries Service, Saltonstall-Kennedy program, August 2009 – January 2014.

$137,983 for “Development of hatchery procedures for aquaculture of the red snapper (Lutjanus

campechanus): investigations on larval nutrition and potential alternative diets” (Co-PI, with E.

Saillant, J. Lemus, D. Gatlin and A. Buentello).

EcoArray, Inc. July 2008 –December 2008. $10,000 for “Histological analysis of fathead minnows

exposed to nanotubules”.

Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, January 2005 – March 2008. $215,080 for “Atlantic

billfish research program: reproductive biology, potential spawning and nursery areas and larval

identification of blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, in the north-central Gulf of Mexico” (PI, with J.

Franks and B. Comyns).

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, June 2004 - May 2006. $4,000 for

“Anthropogenic Effects on Queen Conch Reproductive Development in South Florida”.

National Marine Fisheries Service, Cooperative Research Program, June 2004-December 2005

$191,035 for “Combining a partnership among researchers, commercial, recreational, and

recreational-for-hire fishers with a cooperative tagging program to elucidate the life history and

habitat utilization of selected reef fish and coastal pelagic species in the Florida Keys” (Co-PI, with

K.M. Burns, B.D. Robbins and D.R. Gregory).

Harte Research Institute, January - December 2003. $2,000 for “English Language Publication of

Student Research from the Southern Gulf of Mexico” (Co-PI, with M.S. Peterson).

Environmental Defense, January - December 2003. $3,000 for “Jump-starting the Environmental

Careers of Minority Students from the Southern Gulf of Mexico” (Co-PI, with M.S. Peterson).

National Marine Fisheries Service, MARFIN, November 2002-October 2005. $825, 613 for

“Geographic Comparison of Age, Growth, Reproduction, Movement and Survival of Red Snapper

off the State of Florida” (Co-PI, with K. Burns and R. Overstreet).

National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, August 2002 - October 2011. $26,830 for “Histopathological Analysis of Fathead Minnow Gonadal Tissues

National Marine Fisheries Service, MARFIN, November 2001-December 2007. “Evaluation of the

Efficacy of Current Minimum Size Regulations for Selected Reef Fish based on Release Mortality

and Fish Physiology” (Co-PI, with K. Burns and R. Overstreet). $359,804

National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, September 2001-August 2002. $3,450 for


“Histological Analysis of Gonadal Tissue from Fathead Minnows” (PI, with W.E. Hawkins)

Tulane University, June 2000-May 2001. $1,180 for “Histological Analysis of Liver Tissues”

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, December 1998-December 1999. $12,000 for

“Histopathological Analysis of Queen Conch Gonadal Tissues from the Florida Keys” (PI, with

W.E. Hawkins).

Florida Inland Navigation District, October 1989-September 1990. $44,000 for "Management of

Indian River Lagoon Spoil Islands" (Co-PI, with K. Cairns)

Florida Inland Navigation District, October 1988-September 1989. $127,840 for "Management of

the Indian River Lagoon and Associated Spoil Islands". (Co-PI, with L. Poolt, P. Mikkelsen and K.

Cairns)

Sport Fishing Institute, July 1979-December 1981. $2,744.00 to study the reproductive biology and

recreational fishery for Cynoscion nebulosus in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. (PI, with J.V. Merriner

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Fisheries Society

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation

Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute

Gulf Estuarine Research Society

Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Academic Exchange, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CICIMAR Research Laboratory, La

Paz, Mexico, February 2014.

Vice Chair, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 2013-2015

EXCOM, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 2012-2015

SRC Committee member, Mississippi Science and Engineering Fair, 2012- present

EXCOM, Mississippi Chapter American Fisheries Society, 2011-2014

Board of Directors, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 2005 – 2017

Editorial Council, CICIMAR-Oceánides, 2010 – present

Local Arrangements Chair, 2012 meeting of Southern Division of American Fisheries

Society (Biloxi, MS)

Co-Chair and member of organizing committee, Gonadal Histology of Fishes Workshops,

2005 (St. Petersburg, FL), 2006 (New Orleans, LA), 2009 (Cadiz, Spain)

Co-editor, Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Gonadal Histology of Fishes, a book of

extended abstracts based on presentations from the 2009 Workshop in Cadiz, Spain.

http://hdl.handle.net/10261/24937, 274 pages.

http://hdl.handle.net/10261/24937


Co-chair and member of organizing committee for symposium “Large pelagic fishes in the

Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: current status and integrated management”, Gulf and

Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Belize City, November 2006

Co-editor, special edition of Gulf and Caribbean Research, highlighting undergraduate

student research at the Iztacala campus of the Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Mexico,

2003.

Academic Exchange, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Mexico, Iztacala Campus,

Tlalnepantla, Mexico. October-November 2002, October 2003.

Session chair, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2002, 2004, 2013,

2014; Gulf Estuarine Research Society, 1985; Southern Division American Fisheries Society,

2014.

Student Awards Committee, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 2001 – present. Chair of

Committee, 2005 - present

Co-chair, steering committee of 53rd

Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 2000.

Student paper judge: American Fisheries Society, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation,

Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Gulf Estuarine Research Society, American Society

of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Mississippi Chapter of American Fisheries Society,

1999-2015.

Referee, Manuscripts (109): Acta Zoologica, African Journal of Aquatic Sciences,

Aquaculture, Aquatic Toxicology, Biological Conservation, Brazilian Journal of

Morphological Sciences, Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, Bulletin of Marine Science,

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Comparative Biochemistry and

Physiology, Contributions in Marine Science, Copeia, Cybium, Diseases of Aquatic

Organisms, Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Environmental Toxicology, Environmental

Toxicology and Chemistry, Estuaries/Estuaries and Coasts, Estuarine, Coast and Shelf

Science, Fishery Bulletin, Fisheries Management and Ecology, Fisheries Research, Fisheries

Review, First International Smallmouth Bass Symposium, Gulf and Caribbean Research/Gulf

Research Reports, Gulf of Mexico Science/Northeast Gulf Science, Japanese Society of

Fisheries Science, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Journal of Morphology, Journal of the

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Journal of Sea Research, Journal of

Toxicology and Environmental Health; Marine and Coastal Fisheries, Marine and Freshwater

Research, Marine Biology, Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Mutation

Research, North American Journal of Aquaculture, Pakistan Journal of Scientific and

Industrial Research, Progressive Fish Culturist, Transactions of the American Fisheries

Society, Zoological Studies, Zygote. Proposals (5): National Marine Fisheries Service

(Stalston-Kennedy grant program), Delaware Sea Grant, MARFIN, South Carolina Sea

Grant. Since 1991.

PRESENTATIONS

Fogg, A.Q.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2014. Northern Gulf of Mexico lionfish:

insights into their reproductive life history. Presented at 67th conference of the Gulf and

Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2014.

Ahrabi-Nejad*, S.M., D.W. Kerstetter, N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. Blackwelder and D.A. Renegar.


2014. Reproductive parameters of two coastal pelagic fishes off Southeast Florida: blackfin

tuna, Thunnus atlanticus, and little tunny, Euthynnus alletteratus. Presented at 67th

conference of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2014.

Franks, J.S.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson* and E. Sailent. 2014. Biological data collections—best

practices. Presented at Data Limited Workshop, 67th conference of the Gulf and Caribbean

Fisheries Institute, November 2014.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.* and J.S. Franks. 2014. Reproductive biology of Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus

albacares, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Presented at the 94th conference of American

Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and

Herpetologists), July 2014.

Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2014. Reproduction of Pelagic fish in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Presented

at 22nd

annual meeting of the Southern Division of American Fisheries Society, January

2014.

Griffitt, R.J.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, B. Bailey, M. Krasnec, I. Lipton, R. Takeshita, J. Lipton, and

J.M. Morris. 2013. Exposure to sediment contaminated with Deepwater Horizon oil alters

growth and survival of the Southern Flounder. Presented at the 34th SETAC conference,

November 2013.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.S. Franks, D.M. Gibson and C. Marshall. 2013. Aspects of the

reproductive biology of Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus albacares, in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Presented at the 66th conference of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November

2013.

Fogg, A.Q.*, M.S. Peterson and N.J. Brown-Peterson 2013. Northern Gulf of Mexico lionfish:

Distribution and reproductive life history trajectories. Presented at the 66th conference of the

Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2013.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, R.A. Brewton, R.J. Griffitt and R.S. Fulford. 2013. Spotted seatrout

reproductive biology impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Presented at 143rd

conference of the American Fisheries Society, September 2013.

Clardy, S.D.*, M.S. Peterson, R.T. Leaf and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2013. Age and growth of the

Southern Kingfish, Menticirrhus americanus, in the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Presented

at 143rd

conference of the American Fisheries Society, September 2013.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, M.S. Peterson, R.T. Leaf and S.D. Clardy. 2013. Life history patterns in the

Sciaenidae. Presented at the 93rd

meeting of the American Society for Ichthyologists and

Herpetologists (Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists), July 2013.

Bardon-Albaret*, A. D. Chiluiza, N.J. Brown-Peterson, E. Leclercq, J. Lemus, A. Apeitos, R.

Krol, J. Ogle, W. Hawkins and E. Saillant. 2013. Ontogeny of the digestive system in the red

snapper Lutjanus campechanus. Presented at the Aquaculture 2013 World Aquaculture

Society meeting, February 2013.

Griffitt*, R.J., B. Hedgpeth and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2013. Effects of crude and dispersed oil on

estuarine fish species. Presented at American Association for the Advancement of Science

Conference, February 2013.

Hendon, J.R. and N.J. Brown-Peterson*. 2012. Collection of lionfish (Pterois spp.) from fishery-


independent sampling in the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Presented at the 65th meeting of

the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2012.

Saillant, E.A.*, E. Leclercq, A. Bardon-Albaret, B. Sarkisian, A. Apeitos, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.T.

Lemus, A. Buentello, C. Pohlenz, and D.M. Gatlin. 2012. Development of aquaculture of

the Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus: Research on larval nutrition. Presented at the 65th

meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2012.

Lowe, M.R.*, M.S. Peterson, W. Wu, N.J. Brown-Peterson, W.T. Slack and P.J. Schofield. 2012.

Nile tilapia -- free ranging “aquatic chickens”: Modeling the spread of a non-native species

in the northern Gulf of Mexico under different climate change scenarios. Presented at the

142nd

meeting of the American Fisheries Society, August 2012.

Clardy, S.D., N.J. Brown-Peterson* and M.S. Peterson 2012. Reproduction of Menticirrhus

americanus (Sciaenidae) in the Mississippi Sound. Presented at the 92nd

meeting of the

American Society for Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, August 2012.

Griffitt, R.J*., N.J. Brown-Peterson, I. Boube and S. Manning. 2012. Effects of crude and

dispersed oil on estuarine fish species. Presented at 51st Annual Society of Toxicology

Conference, March 2013.

Lowe, M.R.*, W. Wu, M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson, W.T. Slack and P.J. Schofield. 2012.

Climate change impacts on the spread of invasive Nile tilapia in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Presented at the 20th meeting of Southern Division of American Fisheries Society, January

2012.

Clardy, S.D.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2012. Reproductive biology of the southern

kingfish within the Mississippi Sound. Presented at the 20th meeting of Southern Division of

American Fisheries Society, January 2012.

Stein, W., III*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.S. Franks and M.T. O’Connell. 2012. The

Louisiana/Mississippi tarpon project—update. Presented at the 20th meeting of Southern

Division of American Fisheries Society, January 2012.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, R.J. Griffitt, I. Boube, C.S. Manning, H. Perry and R.S. Fulford. 2011.

Laboratory exposures to dispersed oil in fish, shrimp and crabs: implications for survival and

growth in oil-impacted estuaries. Presented at the 141st meeting of the American Fisheries

Society, September 2011.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, D.M. Wyanski, S.K. Lowerre-Barbieri, F. Saborido-Rey, J. Tomkiewicz and

B.J. Macewicz. 2011. Reproductive cycles in southeastern U.S. fishes: Importance of

standardized terminology. Presented at the 19th meeting of Southern Division of American

Fisheries Society, January 2011.

Lang, E.T.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, M.S. Peterson and W.T. Slack. 2011. Seasonal and tidally-driven

reproductive patterns in the saltmarsh topminnow (Fundulua jenkinsi). Presented at the 19th

meeting of Southern Division of American Fisheries Society, January 2011.

Peterson, M.S.*, N. J. Brown-Peterson, J.S. Franks, S.E. LeCroy, J.M. Shaw and R.E. Heard. 2010.

The 50 year history of the “other” Gulf and Caribbean journal. Presented at 63rd

meeting of the



Kadison, E*. R. Nemeth, N. Brown-Peterson, J. Blondeau, T. Smith and J. Calnan. 2010. Yellowfin

grouper (Mycteroperca venemosa): Reproductive biology, behavior and conservation of a large

Caribbean grouper. Presented at 63rd

meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute,

November 2010.

Griffitt, R.J.*, N. Brown-Peterson, R. Ryan, S. Manning and M. Brouwer. 2010. Effects of chronic

nanoparticulate silver exposure to adult and juvenile sheepshead minnow. Presented at

NANO2010 Conference, Clemson, SC, August 2010.

Peterson, M.S.*, M.R. Lowe, W. Wu, N.J. Brown-Peterson, P. Schofield, and W.T. Slack. 2010.

Model-based projection of Nile tilapia’s (Oreochromis niloticus) invasive ability in coastal

Mississippi. Invited seminar, Gulf & South Atlantic Regional Panel on Aquatic Invasive

Species, Gulfport, MS, 27-28 April.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, C.S. Manning, N.D. Denslow and M. Brouwer. 2009. Hypoxia-responsive

genes in the grass shrimp: differences between the laboratory and the field. Presented at 20th

biennial conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, November 2009.

Lowe, M.R.*, M.S. Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson, W. Wu, P.J. Schofield and W.T. Slack. 2009.

Survival, growth and reproduction of Nile tilapia in saline waters: projected effects of climate

change and sea level rise on the distribution of an invasive species. Presented at 20th biennial

conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, November 2009.

Lang, E.*, M.S, Peterson, N.J. Brown-Peterson and W.T. Slack. 2009. Characterization of the

spawning season of the saltmarsh topminnow in coastal Mississippi. Presented at 139th

meeting of the American Fisheries Society, August 2009.

Heins, D.C.* and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2009. Influence of Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda:

Pseudophyllidea) on the clutch production process of threespine stickleback Gasterosteus

aculeatus. Presented at meeting of American Society of Parasitologists, August 2009.

Brown-Peterson, N.J*. and D.C. Heins. 2009. Effects of a cestode macroparasite on oocyte

recruitment and spawning of Alaskan threespine stickleback. Presented at 89th meeting of

the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, July 2009.

Brown-Peterson*, N.J., D.M. Wyanski, S.K. Lowerre-Barbieri, F. Saborido-Rey, J. Tomkiewicz and

B.J. Macewicz. 2009. A standardized terminology for describing reproductive development

in fishes. Keynote presentation, 4th Workshop on Gonadal Histology of Fishes, Cadiz, Spain

June 2009.

Brown-Peterson*, N.J., K.M. Burns and R.M. Overstreet. 2008. Regional differences in Florida red

snapper reproduction. Presented at the 61st meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries

Institute, November 2008.

Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2008. Reproduction in fishes: more than eggs and sperm. 2008. Invited

seminar, Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, October 15

2008.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.S. Franks, B.H. Comyns and J.R. McDowell. 2008. Reproductive biology,

potential spawning and nursery areas and larval identification of blue marlin, Makaira

nigricans, in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Invited presentation at the Atlantic Billfish

Research Program Symposium, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission meeting, March

2008.GSMFC No. 158: 92-133.


Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.S. Franks, B.H. Comyns and J.R. McDowell. 2007. Do blue marlin spawn

in the northern Gulf of Mexico? Presented at the 60th meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean

Fisheries Institute, November 2007.

Roling, J.A.*, A.E. Pozhitkov, R.A. Ryan, L.A. Hendon, A.J. Dangre, N.J. Brown-Peterson, Y.

Deng, B.J. Carter and M. Brouwer. 2007. Toxicogenomic cDNA library construction for

sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus. Presented at the 28th annual meeting of the

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, November 2007.

Denslow, N.D.*, K.J. Kroll, D. Barber, R.A. Glazer, G.A. Delgado, P.D. McClellan-Green and N.J.

Brown-Peterson. 2007. Reproductive Failure of Queen Conch (Strombus gigas) in the

Florida Keys. Presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Society of Environmental

Toxicology and Chemistry, November 2007.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, S.K. Lowerre-Barbieri, B.J. Macewicz, F. Saborido-Rey, J. Tomkiewicz and

D.M. Wyanski. 2007. A new and simplified terminology for reproductive classification in

fishes. Presented at the 87th annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and

Herpetologists, July 2007 and the 137th annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society,

September 2007.

Kroll, K.J.*, R.A. Glazer, G.A. Delgado, D. Barber, P.D. McClellan-Green, N.J. Brown-Peterson

and N.D. Denslow. 2007. Multiple stressors resulting in reproductive failure of queen conch

(Strombus gigas) in the Florida Keys. Presented at PRIMO 14 meeting, April 2007.

Brouwer, M.*, N. Brown-Peterson, T. Brouwer, S. Manning, T. Li and N. Denslow. 2007. Changes

in gene and protein expression in grass shrimp, Paleomonetes pugio, exposed to chronic

hypoxia. Presented at PRIMO 14 meeting, April 2007.

Rose, K.A.*, A. Adamack, S. Sable, C.A. Murphy, P. Thomas, M. Brouwer, N. Brown-Peterson,

A.O. Cheek and C. Cerco. 2007. Modeling the effects of hypoxia on fish. Presented at

Workshop on Ecological Impacts of Hypoxia on Living Resources, Bay St Louis,

Mississippi, March 2007.

Barbieri, L.R., N.J. Brown-Peterson, M. Woods-Jackson, S. K. Lowerre-Barbieri, D.L. Nieland*

and D.M. Wyanski. 2006. A proposal for a standardized classification of ovarian

development classes in teleost fishes. Presented at the 3rd

Workshop on Gonadal Histology,

July 2006.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.* and D.M. Wyanski. 2006. A proposed ”straw man” reproductive

classification for male teleosts. Presented at the 3rd

Workshop on Gonadal Histology, July

2006.

Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2006. Reproductive classification of teleosts: consistent terminology for males

and females. Presented at the 3rd

Workshop on Gonadal Histology, July 2006.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, K.M. Burns and R.M. Overstreet. 2006. Swim bladder morphology in red

snapper and red grouper. Presented at 86th annual meeting of the American Society of

Ichthyologist and Herpetologists, July 2006.

Dempster, W.D.*, J.D. Tilley, N.J. Brown-Peterson, G.G. Gray and J.R. Warren. 2006. Preliminary

assessment of age, growth and reproduction of sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus, in

the Mississippi Sound and adjacent waters. Presented at the 31st annual meeting of the


Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, February 2006.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.S. Franks and B.H. Comyns. 2005. Reproductive patterns of tournament-

captured female blue marlin from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Presented at the 58th Gulf

and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2005.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, S. Manning, N. Denslow and M. Brouwer. 2005. Cyclic hypoxia affects

gene expression and reproduction in grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. Presented at the 18th

biennial conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, October 2005.

Franco-López, J.*, L.G. Abarca-Arenas, C. Bedia-Sánchez, A. Morán-Silva, H. Barrera-Escorcia,

Z.S. Carvajal-Fajardo, J.A. Martinez Pérez and N. Brown-Peterson. 2005. Análisis trófico de

ocho especies acompañantes de la pesca de sardina en Playa Barrancas, Veracruz. Presented

at 18th Congreso Nacional de Zoología, October 2005.

Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2005. Reproductive classification of female teleosts: beyond the fisheries

perspective. Presented at the second Gonadal Histology Workshop, July 2005.

Brown-Peterson*, N.J., J.R. Warren, W. Dempster, G. Gray and J. Tilley. 2005. Reproduction, age

and growth of sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus, in Mississippi waters. Presented at

the 85 annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, July

2005.

Brouwer, M*., N. Brown-Peterson, S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2005. Changes in gene expression

and reproduction in grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, in response to chronic and

intermittent hypoxia. Presented at PRIMO 13, May 2005.

Brown-Peterson*, N.J., S. Manning, N. Denslow and M. Brouwer. 2005. Molecular and whole-

animal responses of grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, to hypoxia. 2005. Presented at Gulf

and Estuarine Research Society meeting, April 2005.

Peterson, M.S.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, A.A Morales-Gomez, R. Chavez-Lopez and J. Franco-

Lopez. 2004. Habitat use, feeding and reproduction of the Mayan cichlid, Cichlosoma

uropthalmus, in the Alvarado Lagoonal System, Veracruz, Mexico. Presented at the 57th Gulf

and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2004

Waggy, G.L.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Peterson. 2004. Evaluation of the reproductive life

history of the Sciaenidae in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea: “Greater” versus “lesser”

strategies? Presented at the 57th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2004.

Brouwer, M.*, P. Larkin, N. Brown-Peterson, C. King, S. Manning and H. Denslow. 2004.

Molecular and organismal indicators of effects of chronic and intermittent hypoxia in

estuarine crustacean. Presented at the 25th annual meeting of SEATAC, November 2004.

Slack, W.T.*, M.S. Peterson, C.M. Woodley, M.A. Dugo, N. Brown-Peterson, C. Vervaeke,

Waggy, J. McDonald, and J. Finley. 2004. Non-indigenous Nile tilapia (Oreochromis

niloticus) in coastal watersheds of southern Mississippi. Gulf of Mexico Regional Panel on

Aquatic Invasive Species, November 2004 [Invited presentation].

Abarca-Arenas, L.G.*, J. Franco-Lopez, M.S. Peterson and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2004.

Sociometric analysis of the role of penaeids in the continental shelf food web off Alvarado

coast, Veracruz, based on by-catcth. Presented at 1st annual CoastFish meeting, October

2004.


Brouwer, M.*, N.J. Brown-Peterson, S. Manning, C. King, T. Li and N. Denslow. 2004. Molecular

and whole-animal indicators of hypoxia in grass shrimp, Paleomonetes pugio. Presented at 4th

Annual Meeting of the EPA STAR EaGLe Program, September 2004

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.R. Warren and G.L. Waggy. 2004. The reproductive biology of female

sand seatrout, Cynoscion arenarius, in Mississippi waters. Presented at the 84th annual

meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, May 2004.

Peterson, M.S.*, W.T. Slack, J.L McDonald and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2004. Establishment of the

nonindigenous nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in coastal watersheds of southern

Mississippi. Presented at the 84th annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists

and Herpetologists, May 2004.

Brouwer, M.* P. Larkin, N. Brown-Peterson, C. King, S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2003.

Molecular Indicators of Hypoxic Stress in Estuarine Crustacea. Presented at 3rd

Annual

Meeting of the EPA STAR EaGLe Program, December 2003.

Brown-Peterson*, N.J., M.S. Peterson and J. Franco-Lopez. 2003. Getting the word out: English-

language publication of undergraduate student research in Latin America. Presented at the

56th annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2003.

Brouwer, M*. N. Brown-Peterson, P. Larkin, C. King, S. Manning, Tiandao Li and N. Denslow.

2003. Molecular indicators of chronic and intermittent hypoxia in marine crustacea.

Presented at 24th annual meeting of SEATAC, November 2003.

Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2003. Biología reproductiva de peces con desolve multiples en el Golfo de

Mexico.. Invited seminar, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Iztacala campus,

October 2003.

Brouwer, M.*, N. Brown-Peterson, P. Larkin, C. King, S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2003.

Molecular indicators of chronic and intermittent hypoxia in marine crustacea. Estuarine

Indicators Workshop, October 2003, Sanibel, FL.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, M. Brouwer, P. Larkin, C. King, C.S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2003.

Molecular indicators of hypoxic and cyclic dissolved oxygen stress in blue crab, Callinectes

sapidus. Presented at 17th Biennial conference of the Estuarine Research Federation,

September 2003.

Waggy, G.L.*, M.S. Peterson and N.J. Brown-Peterson. 2003. Aspects of early life history and

reproduction of silver perch, Bairdiella chrysoura, from north-central Gulf of Mexico

estuaries. Presented at 17th Biennial conference of the Estuarine Research Federation,

September 2003.

Brouwer, M.*, P. Larkin, N. Brown-Peterson, C. King, S. Manning and N. Denslow. 2003. Effects

of hypoxia on gene and protein expression in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Presented at

12th annual PRIMO meeting, May 2003.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.S. Franks, B.H. Comyns, L.A. Hendon, E.R. Hoffmeyer, J.R. Hendon and

R.S. Waller. 2002. Aspects of the reproduction of large pelagic fishes in the northern Gulf

of Mexico. Presented at 55th annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2002.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.* and D.C. Heins. 2002. Spawning periodicity of female threespine


stickleback, Gasteroestus aculeatus in two Alaskan lakes. Presented at 82nd

annual meeting

of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, July 2002.

Chiluiza, D.*, R.M. Krol, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.T. Ogle W.E. Hawkins. 2002. Ontogeny of

cultured larvae of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus with emphasis on development of the

digestive system. Presented at annual meeting of Aquaculture America 2002, January 2002.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, R. Riedel and B. Costa-Pierce. 2001. Preliminary analysis of Sciaenid

reproduction in the Salton Sea, California. Presented at the 16th Biennial Conference of the

Estuarine Research Federation, November 2001.

Chiluiza, D.*, R.M. Krol, N.J. Brown-Peterson, J.T. Ogle W.E. Hawkins. 2001. Ontogenia de

larvas cultivadas de pargo rojo (Lutjanus campechanus) con enfasis en el desarrollo del tracto

digestivo. Presented at 6th Ecuadorian Aquaculture Conference and 5

th Latin American

Aquaculture Conference & Exposition, October 2001.

Brown-Peterson, N.J. 2000. Reproductive biology of cobia in the Gulf of Mexico. Presented at

annual meeting of Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council, November 2000.

Franks, J.R.* and N.J. Brown-Peterson*. 2000. A review of age, growth, and reproduction of

cobia, Rachycentron canadum, from U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean.

Presented at the 53rd

meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 2000.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, R.M. Overstreet, J.S. Franks and J.M. Lotz. 2000. Final oocyte maturation:

an alternative method for determining fecundity in multiple spawning fishes. Presented at the

80th annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, June 2000.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, H. Grier and R.M. Overstreet. 2000. Reproductive classes in male cobia

(Rachycentron canadum) defined by changes in the germinal epithelium. Presented at the

80th annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, June 2000.

McCarthy, K*, C. Bartels, N. Brown-Peterson, M. Darch and R. Glazer. 2000. Reproductive failure

of nearshore queen conch, Strombus gigas, in the Florida Keys. Presented at the annual

Benthic Ecology Meetings, April 2000.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.* and J.R., Warren. 2000. The reproductive biology of spotted seatrout,

Cynoscion nebulosus, in Mississippi waters. Presented at annual meeting of the Mississippi

Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, February 2000.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.* and J.S. Franks. 1999. Aspects of the reproductive biology of tripletail,

Lobotes surinamensis, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Presented at the 52nd

annual meeting

of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 1999.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, D.L. Nieland, M.D. Murphy, R.G. Taylor, and J.R. Warren. 1999.

Reproductive biology of spotted seatrout in the northern Gulf of Mexico: differences among

estuaries? Presented at the 15th biennial meeting of the Estuarine Research Federaton,

September 1999.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.R. Lotz, R.M. Overstreet and K.M. Burns. 1999. Reproductive biology of

female cobia, Rachycentron canadum, in the southeastern United States. Presented at the 79th

annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, June 1999.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, J.S. Franks and A.M. Burke. 1998. Preliminary observations on the


reproductive biology of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northern Gulf of Mexico

and Bimini, Bahamas. Presented at the 51st meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries

Institute, November 1998.

Franks, J.S.*, N. Brown-Peterson and M.S. Griggs. 1998. Potential of the first dorsal fin spine for

estimating the age of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northern Gulf of Mexico,

with comments on specimens from Bimini, Bahamas. Presented at the 51st. Meeting of the


Hawkins, W.E*., N.J. Brown-Peterson, Y. Zhu and R.A. Krol. 1998. Concentration-related

induction in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) of hepatic cellular proliferation and

carcinogenesis following short-term exposure to N-nitrosodiethylamine. Presented at the 3rd

International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health, August 1998.

Sun*, P.L., R.M. Overstreet, W.E.Hawkins, T.Tsai and N. Brown-Peterson. 1998. Morphological

abnormalities in tilapia and other native fish species form southern Taiwan contaminated

rivers. Presented at the triennial meeting of the World Aquaculture Society, February 1998.

Brown-Peterson, N.J*. and J.S. Franks. 1998. A synchronous hermaphroditic striped mullet: to be

male of female. Presented at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of the American

Fisheries Society, January 1998.

Franks, J.S*. and N. Brown-Peterson. 1998. Preliminary examination of age and reproduction of

wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Presented at the

annual meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, January 1998.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, W.E. Hawkins, P.L. Sun and R.M. Overstreet. 1997. Cell proliferation in

teleost and elasmobranch tissues. Presented at the 77th conference of the American Society

of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, June 1997.

Sun, P., N. Brown-Peterson, R. Overstreet and W. Hawkins*. 1996. Studies on contamination

effects in tilapia from southern Taiwan rivers. Presented at the 17th annual meeting of the

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, November 1996.

Brown-Peterson, N.J.*, W.E. Hawkins and R.M. Overstreet. 1996. Assessment of

histopathological biomarkers in blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, from the Gulf of

Mexico. Presented at the 76th conference of the American Society of Ichthyologists and

Herpetologists, June 1996.

Brown-Peterson, N.J. and M.L. Salin*. 1992. A Halobactrium halaobium catalase-peroxidase with

unique properties. Presented at the annual meetings of the South central American Society

for Microbiology and mid-south biochemists, November 1992.

Brown-Peterson, N*. and D.C. Jackson. 1991. Stock structure of sport fishes in National Forest

impoundments in Mississippi. Presented at the 121st conference of the American Fisheries

Society, September 1991.

Brown-Peterson, N. J*. and D.C. Jackson. 1991. Predicting relative abundance and stock structure

of largemouth bass and bluegill in National Forest impoundments in Mississippi. Presented

at the Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, February 1991.

Brown-Peterson, N.J*. and J.W. Beever. 1989. Dredge spoil islands and wetland plant

communities: A case study in the Indian River Lagoon. Presented at 10th Biennial


conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, October 1989.

Brown-Peterson, N.J*., R.W Eames and D.A. Rydene. 1989. Does the presence of islands influence

seagrass meadow fish assemblages? Presented at the 69th conference of the American

Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists June 1989.

Brown-Peterson, N*. and K. Cairns. 1989. Native vegetation on man-made spoil islands in the

Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Presented at Florida Native Plant Society meeting, May 1989.

Brown-Peterson, N.*, R. Eames and P.S. Mikkelsen. 1988. Ichthyofauna associated with spoil

islands in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Presented at the 68th conference of the American

Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists June 1988.

Brown-Peterson, N*. and M.S. Peterson. 1987. Comparative reproductive life history of Gambusia

affinis in tidal freshwater and low salinity habitats. Presented at the 9th Biennial Estuarine

Research Federation meeting, October 1987.

Brown, N.J*. and P. Thomas. 1986. A rapid method to detect final oocyte maturation and

spawning readiness in fish: results in Cynoscion nebulosus. Presented at the 66th

conference of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, June 1986.

Brown, N.J. 1986. The reproductive biology and physiology of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion

nebulosus, in south Texas. Invited seminar presented at the University of Southern

Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, February 1986.

Thomas, P*., N.J. Brown and C.R. Arnold. 1985. Ovarian steroid secretion during the ovarian

cycle of a multiple spawning fish, Cynoscion nebulosus. Presented at the 10th International

Symposium on Comparative Endocrinology, July 1985.

Brown, N.J*., P. Thomas and C. R. Arnold. 1985. Oocyte maturation and fecundity in Cynoscion

nebulosus (Sciaenidae), a serial spawning fish. Presented at the 65th conference of the

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists June 1985.

Brown, N.J*., P. Thomas and C.R. Arnold. 1984. Gonadal cycle of male spotted seatrout,

Cynoscion nebulosus, in Redfish Bay, Texas. Presented at Gulf Estuarine Research Society

meeting, October 1984.

Thomas, P*., N.J. Brown and C.R. Arnold. 1984. Diurnal rhythms of circulating gonadal steroids

in female spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) during the spawning season. Presented at

the 114th conference of the American Fisheries Society, August 1984.

Brown, N.J*., P. Thomas and C.R. Arnold. 1984. Reproductive biology of the female spotted

seatrout, Cynsocion nebulosus, in a south Texas embayment. Presented at the 64th

conference of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, July 1984.

Gourley, J.G*. and N.J. Brown. 1984. Observations on diurnal and spatial habitat partitioning

among fishes along the edge of a tropical Thalassia testudinum meadow. Presented at the

64th conference of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, July 1984.

Tucker, N.J.B. 1981. Reproductive biology of the spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in

Chesapeake Bay area. Presented at Gulf Estuarine Research Society meeting, May 1981.

* indicates presenter


SPECIAL SKILLS

Comprehensive knowledge and experience with histology, immunohistochemistry,

radioimmunoassays, enzyme immunoassays, enzyme assays, protein purification, tissue

culture, production of monoclonal antibodies, DNA/RNA isolation, purification and cloning

Extensive experience with statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, SYSTAT), computer graphics (PowerPoint,

SigmaPlot).

Proficient in small boat handling

SCUBA diving (NAUI, PADI, YMCA; 60 hours experience)

Excellent reading, writing, speaking and translation knowledge of Spanish

REFERENCES

Dr. Marius Brouwer, Professor Emeritus



703 East Beach Drive


336-951-7193

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Dr. Robert J. Griffitt, Assistant Professor

Department of Coastal Sciences,




228-872-4294

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Dr. Robin Overstreet, Professor





228-872-4243

[email protected]

Dr. Peter Thomas, Professor

Department of Marine Science,

The University of Texas at Austin Marine

Science Institute

750 Channel View Dr.

Port Aransas, TX 78373

361-749-6768

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